31 Birthday Party Part-2

Laura followed as I walked towards the place where my mother asked us to gather.

I entered the said room and looked at my two sisters already dressed and ready.

They both turn to look at us and Alice beamed.

"Big brother, you look so good!"

I smiled at her genuine remark. It did feel nice when I received compliments.

"Thank you, Alice. And you too look really pretty in that dress."

She was wearing a light blue colored and white accented one-piece dress that covered everything from her neck down to her ankles and even covered her arms to her palms. Other than that, she had her hair—which had grown a fair bit in the last two years—tied in a cute bun and adorned with a glittery but cute hair clip holding some stray strands on one side. She looked strangely mature in that dress and hairstyle, but her hairclip, bubbly expressions, and words were enough to break that assumption. Nevertheless, she was certainly adorable.

She gave me a cute smile followed by her approaching close to me and giving me a hug.

"Hey now, your dress might get creases if you hug me."

She didn't seem to care that much and continued doing that.

I released a wry smile.

'She's just too precious.'

I looked ahead and noticed Emma sitting on the sofa, staring at us with a stoic expression. But she had certainly more to say by the looks of things.

"You look really pretty, big sis Emma. Your dress goes really well with your hair and eyes."

Alice finally let go of me and I walked close to my honestly stunning tsundere sister.

Her dress was less reserved than Alice's, with it having an open neck and back, a slight bit of cleavage visible, and not covering the hands as it ended at the underarms. It was also a long one-piece like Alice's, but the design was different and plainer. Not to mention the red color of the dress. But it highlighted her toned body, while not making the six-packs it hid as obvious. She also wore matching red gloves that covered nearly half of her arms, cleverly hiding her callous-filled palms.

"Thanks."

I had added additional reddish cheeks to the collection of all the red things she had right now.

'Stunning, yet cute.'

We waited a bit for our mother to show up.

She came after just a few minutes of waiting and as she made her appearance, I was shocked. My breathing heightened as I looked at the gorgeous MILF that was wearing an equally gorgeous light pink gown. Normally I would call a dress like that excessive, but she made it look absolutely perfect. The dress was packed with all sorts of beautiful embroideries and designs, and a sizable cut around her neck that partially revealed my mother's two great assets. I took in the view as she walked close to us and then gave us her signature kind smile. She looked hotter than normal. And smelled even better.

I glanced down to ensure I was not showing any… questionable reactions down there. Luckily, I still had control over myself, but HOLY COW, she was GORGEOUS AF!

'I'll be staying quite frustrated for a few nights.'

[So it seems. Hey, at least you have enough self-control to not have an outright boner or go around and fuck a random cute maid when you get horny.]

'I'm saving my virginity for my future first waifu… who is still undecided. I'm not gonna just fuck with any random maid, minus Laura, but we're not at that stage yet. Even though I get really tempted at times. My first time should be special.'

[Stay strong, Alex. Who knows, maybe you'll get laid today? Something like a surprise birthday sex.]

'Wait, is that foreshadowing? What do you mean? Who? Olivia?'

[Nothing. Don't mind me. Just having a hyperactive imagination.]

'…'

But that was a mudaflippin foreshadowing! Damn Iris, she wouldn't elaborate why she said that.

I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and get rid of unnecessary thoughts and focused back on my mother.

"You look gorgeous, Mother. That dress looks really great on you."

I complimented her as honestly and normally as I could.

"Oh my, fufu. I'm so happy to hear that. Speaking of which, you look dashing yourself, my dear. You look like a charming young man. No wonder there are so many young girls at the party."

She smirked, seemingly amused at the prospect.

'Oh? They are? I wonder if I'll see any characters from the game. I'm sure there's going to be quite a few of them here.'

My mother was just making a funny teasing remark, but I noticed that both Emma and Alice didn't find it so amusing.

'Wait, why Alice…?'

I pondered, but then I got rid of the possibilities. No way she was jealous. And even if she was, she was probably thinking about something normal like 'getting jealous that other girls might call me their big brother' or something.

I didn't care enough to check her 'Observe' page. I didn't pay too much attention to that and smiled wryly at my mother's teasing.

"My my, my little boy has already become a charming adult. What if he captures the heart of the girls? I haven't even decided whom to select as your marriage partner."

Something inside told me she wasn't merely joking when she said that.

'I'm going to be choosing my own lovers—yes plural—mother. Sorry about that. A man's gotta do what his heart desires and mine desires a Harem filled with beauties.'

I smiled wryly yet again. I wasn't going to say so, however. At least, not yet. We'll see later.

After a little bit of my mother teasing, complementing my sisters, and receiving more compliments from my sisters, we all decided it was time to make our appearance. The guests had already gathered.

My mother beckoned Laura and sent her to announce to the guests our arrival.

Laura, who was somehow now in a navy blue maid outfit rather than her usual black and white maid outfit, bowed in affirmation and left to do so.

'When the heck did she change her clothes? No, wait, when did she 'leave' to change the clothes and come back? What is this magic?!'

It was truly baffling. Did she perhaps know special cloth-changing magic? Like those magical girls, but not for risk magical girl outfits, but for maid outfits.

'Iris, did you notice her leaving to get changed?'

[She left shortly after you reached here. While you were busy complimenting your sisters, she had come back after changing her outfit. And no, there's no such magic to instantly change one's cloth. At least none that I know of and are not related to the Eroge shop.]

'Huh.'

While still somewhat in a daze, I walked along with my family towards the party hall.

***

The birthday party was grander than I had expected. After making a grand appearance amidst the clapping and orchestra—yes there was an orchestra there, we walked ourselves towards the podium. On the way, we were greeted by quite a few people who seemed to be all from some sort of nobility or extremely rich families.

My mother greeted our guests and thanked them for coming today as well as speaking a few things about me reaching adulthood and how I had made her proud.

After all, I was given the stage to say a few words myself.

And I recited a scripted speech, thanking the guests and saying how I was honored to enter the noble society. Thanks to my inherent charm, confident words, and proper etiquette, I managed to deliver a great speech earning substantial claps.

I noticed that there were a lot of young kids, many around my age group but some older or younger, and indeed there seemed to be a substantial amount of girls.

And I dare say I noticed quite a few glazed-looking girls. Some of them had twinkles in their eyes while others were downright blushing.

I had already stolen a few hearts, it seemed.

As a cultured fat man imitating a certain anime character in a meme once said: Yare yare daze~

More importantly, though, I spotted 9 faces among the crowd of youngsters and young adults that I recognized from the game.

'Hmm, seems like I'll be meeting a few side characters and 2 of the Capture Targets from the game today. Interesting. Let's see how it goes.'

After the speech, we moved on to cutting a giant multi-storied multi-flavored exquisite-looking cake that had candles in the shape of "15" on it and a strange magical phenomenon that made it look like it was snowing above and near the cake, but there was no snow falling on the cake itself. It was a fairly normal process of cake-cutting if you ignore the fact that things were blown in proportions with everything and everyone being so high class and the cake was fucking magical.

The princess, my grandparents, and Olivia had yet to make their appearance, however.

After the cake-cutting was done, the cake was taken away by a few maids and then slowly everyone was served a piece of the delicious cake along with other snacks.

After the cake was done, we started our rounds of a personal meet and greet session.

I kept a look out for the people of interest.

***